Individual Event Report
| Event #379 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs |
San Francisco 1906 earthquake. Felt in southern Oregon - Roseburg, Grant's Pass, Marshfield, Paisley, Ashland, Rogue River Valley, Bandon, Glendale, Eugene, Kerby, Williams, Port Orford,, Medford, Merrill, Drew's Valley, and Klamath Falls. Smith says "'Paisley is built on river ground at the edge of the Chewancan Marsh. Merrill lies in or near Langell's Valley, by Lost River, which here sinks and flows through swampy land in several places.' From 'Report of California Earthquake Commission,' Vol. I, Pt. 1, p. 163."
The Seattle P.I. reports that the earthquake was felt by the lighthouse keeper at Westport, WA, and that 5-foot waves rolled up the Wishkah River, and a heavy swell was reported offshore although there was no wind. It also reports: "About 6 o'clock yesterday morning Lake Washington on the west shore was agitated so violently that house boats, floats and bathhouses were jammed and tossed about like leaves on the water. Beyond breaking a few moorings and causing a small-sized fright, no damage." |
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Underlying Source Material
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| 1614 |
Mail Tribune |
1922 |
Jan 31, 1922. Sent by Marjorie O'Hara in her note dated Jan 21, 1992. |
| Transcription: Summary: Medford feels Earthquake. 1 minute, all sections pacific coast, no (local) damage. Loved one quote: Professor Reamer: "They're blowing up the bank again." Article also says in Oct 1912 earthquake felt in this section.... also jolt from San Francisco quake 1906. |
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| 577 |
Smith, W. D., 1919, Earthquakes in Oregon, BSSA, V. 9, n. 3, pp. 58-71 |
1919 |
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| Transcription: 1906. April 18; Paisley, Coquille, Eugene, Bandon, Williams, Glendale, Marshfield, Merrill; no details. Waring says: -"Judging from all I could learn. I think over most of south central Oregon the vibration was hardly perceptible to people awake. At Paisley and at Merrill stronger shocks were felt. The shock at Paisley was peculiar in being early Thursday morning, April 19, a sort of `sympathetic' shock. No information concerning the time of the shock at Merrill was obtained, but I think it was on Wednesday morning at the time of the great quake. The greater intensity of shock at these two places is perhaps due to the underlying formation. Paisley is built on river ground at the edge of the Chewancan Marsh. Merrill lies in or near Langell's Valley, by Lost River, which here sinks and flows through swampy land in several places." From "Report of California Earthquake Commission," Vol. I, Pt. 1, p. 163. |
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| 1939 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1906 |
Thursday, April 19, 1906, p. 1, c.. 3. |
| Transcription: Grants Pass Feels Severe Earthquake", ,Grants Pass, Oregon, April 13.___ A severe earthquake shock was felt in Grants Pass at 5 o'clock this morning. People were awakened, startled by rattling windows and trembling houses. No property damage was done. |
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| 1966 |
Oregonian |
1906 |
April 19, 1906; pg 2, col 5-7 |
Transcription: 1906, April 18. Roseburg, Grant's Pass, Marshfield, Ashland.
Two shocks at Roseburg
First was felt Tuesday night at 10.
Soon after 5 yesterday morning guests at Hotel in Glendale were aroused.
Roseburg, OR., April 18--(Special)-- Distinct vibrations of an earthquake were first felt in this place last night about 10 o'clock. The vibrations seemed to go from southwest to northeast. The second earthquake was felt this morning a little after 5 o'clock, when it was noticed by W.H. Fisher and others. It was also distinctly felt in Glendale, where it awakened guests in the hotel and elsewhere distinct shocks were felt.
Pictures Moved on Walls
Marshfield, OR., April 18--A slight earthquake was felt here early this morning. No damage resulted, but the shock was sufficient to move pictures on walls. One clock was stopped at 5:20 AM.
Buildings Swayed at Grant's Pass
Grant's Pass, OR., April 18--(Special)-- An earthquake shock was felt here at 5:25 this morning. It lasted a full minute and the motion was from north to south. It was strong enough to swing doors and make buildings sway perceptibly to those who were awake, but not sufficient to arouse sleepers. It was the heaviest shock ever felt in Rogue River Valley.
Tremors felt at Ashland.
Ashland, OR., April 18--Earthquake shocks were felt here about 5 o'clock this morning, which in point of time correspond with the great earthquake at San Francisco. Distinct disturbance of the earth was felt, which could be slighted to no other source. |
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Publication |
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| 2077 |
Leslie M. Scott, Memoranda of the Files of the Oregonian 1850-1910, Oregon Historical Society |
1910 |
Unpublished index to the Oregonian |
| Transcription: at Rogue River Valley, April, 1906, story of, O-May 9, 1906, p. 14 |
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| Source ID |
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| 2077 |
Leslie M. Scott, Memoranda of the Files of the Oregonian 1850-1910, Oregon Historical Society |
1910 |
Unpublished index to the Oregonian |
| Transcription: at Rogue River Valley, April, 1906, story of, O-May 9, 1906, p. 14 |
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| 1937 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
1906 |
Thursday, April 26, 1906, p. 9, c.. 3. |
Transcription: Says Quake Was Felt At Westport"
Aberdeen, April 25.___ The night keeper of the lighthouse at Westport said that at about the hour that the shake took place in California he happened to be sitting where he could see the weights in the tower, and that they swayed back and forth like a pendulum. Another man, who was on the bank of the Wishkah River early in the morning, said that waves five feet high rolled up the river from the sea, and that he was sure that there was some disturbance. When he told others he was laughed at, but later events proved that he was correct. Seamen say that a heavy ground swell, with no wind, prevailed all of Wednesday, and that they felt sure that there had been some unusual occurrence. |
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| 1940 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, |
1906 |
Thursday, April 19, 1906, p. 10, c.. 1. |
Transcription: Lake Washington Feels The Shock"
Surface of water on west side violently agitated -- floats tossed about -- three distinct tidal waves reported to have come from northeast. Seattle got a seismic disturbance, too, though it was quite short and luckily did hardly a dollar's worth of damage. About 6 o'clock yesterday morning Lake Washington on the west shore was agitated so violently that house boats, floats and bathhouses were jammed and tossed about like leaves on the water. Beyond breaking a few moorings and causing a small-sized fright, no damage. |
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| 1120 |
Townley, S. D. and M. W. Allen, 1939, Descriptive Catalog of Earthquakes of the Pacific Coast of the United States 1769-1928, Chap. III Earthquakes in Washington, 1883-1928, BSSA, V. 29, No. 1, pp. 259-268 |
1939 |
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| Transcription: 1906 April 18. 5:12 a.m. Spokane. No shock was felt at the Weather Bureau Office, but an abnormal jarring movement was found on all the recording devices in the office at 5:12 a.m. The clock on triple register was working properly at 5 a.m., but at 6 a.m. it was found to be twenty-five minutes behind time. [This was a record of the great shock in California.]-C. Stewart, U. S. Weather Bureau. |
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| 375 |
Byerly, Perry, 1952, Pacific Coast Earthquakes, Condon Lecture, pp. 33-38 |
1952 |
U.W. Library, N979 B991p, Special Collections) |
| Transcription: 1906, April 18 San Francisco earthquake. Felt in southern Oregon. |
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| 2075 |
Leslie M. Scott, Memoranda of the Files of the Oregonian 1850-1910, Oregon Historical Society |
1910 |
Unpublished index to the Oregonian |
| Transcription: at Roseburg, Marshfield, Grants Pass, Ashland, 5 a.m., Apr. 18, 1906 |
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| 519 |
Townley, S.D. and M.W. Allen, 1939, Descriptive Catalog of earthquakes of the Pacific Coast of the United States 1769 to 1928, Chapter II, Earthquakes in Oregon--1846-1928, BSSA, V. 29, No. 1, pp. 253-258. |
1939 |
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Transcription: 1906 April 18. Paisley [Lake Co.] "Earthquake shocks were reported at Marshfield [Coos Co.] and Paisley, but no details were given."-E.A. Beals, U.S. Weather Bureau, Portland. [The great shock in California on April 18, 1906, was felt by a few people in several places in southern Oregon. According to the Report of the State Earthquake Investigation Commission, Coquille, near the coast in Coos County, was the most northerly point at which the shock was felt. Marshfield, mentioned by Beals above, is a dozen or so miles north of Coqullle, but it is not mentioned in the "Report." It is also stated in the "Report" that the shock at Paisley occurred on April 19, and not on April 18. Smith states that the shock of April 18 was felt in Eugene, but in the "Report" it is recorded that reports from Eugene state that the shock was not felt there. Places mentioned in the "Report" where the shock was felt were Bandon, Kerby, Williams, Port Orford, Grant's Pass, Medford, Ashland, Merrill,
Drew's Valley, in addition to the places already mentioned. The shock of April 18 was felt in Klamath Falls, according to Captain O.C. Applegate of that City. As Klamath Falls is nearer the origin than Paisley, it is not impossible that the shock of April 18 could have been felt there.-RSEIC, 1, 163; BSSA,9, 67; personal interview with and letter from Captain O.C. Applegate.] |
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| 1967 |
Oregonian |
1906 |
Story on May 9, 1906; pg 14, col 1 |
Transcription: QUAKE STORY HURTS
Rogue River Valley Annoyed at the Reports.
Account Is Exaggerated
No Shock in That Region Has Ever Done a Nickel's Worth of Damage, but Much Alarm Is Excited East.
Charles Meserve, of Grant's Pass, editor of the Rogue River Courier, was a caller at the Portland Commercial Club yesterday. Mr. Meserve is apprehensive lest the impression go abroad that Southern Oregon is in the earthquake belt. He is endeavoring to counteract the unfortunate reputation Southern Oregon has received as a result of the exaggerated reports as to earthquakes having been felt there about a week after the San Francisco catastrophe.
Shake Was Slight
"It so happened, " remarked Mr. Meserve, "that I was wide awake at the time, and the tremor was so slight as to be almost imperceptible. In the house in which I was sleeping the loose window sash merely rattled, as it would have done in a very ordinary wind, and I have repeatedly felt shocks very much more severe in Illinois and Ohio, where they attracted no attention at all. This is by no means a trivial matter with our people, for letters are being received from all sections of the United States inclosing great scare-head newspaper articles, and as a result people who had an idea of coming to the Rogue River Valley will now remain away. In fact, we have received letters from as far away as New England offering help for people injured as a result of the earthquake.
Is Working Detriment
"This news originated through a telephone message from an unauthorized source. It was a thoughtless action, but now that it has found its way into the ready-prints, has been given elaborate space, both in news and editorial columns. It is really working a detriment to our section, and while we know we can never reach anything like the number of people with good news that we can with bad news, at the same time we are going to make a desperate effort to get this matter before the people in the right light, and I am here today asking the help of the Portland Commercial Club and the Oregon Development League to that end.
Never Broke Pane of Glass
"In our part of the Rogue River Valley we have accurate information back from white settlers who have been there for 55 years, and what is true of our portion is true of the remainder of the valley, that there has never, in all that time, been an earthquake shock heavy enough to break a pane of window glass or rouse an ordinary sleeper.
"We are at the height of our prosperity in Grant's Pass and vicinity, and all through the Rogue River Valley. Last year only about two-thirds of the sawmills were running; now all of them are running, have more orders than they can supply, and to my knowledge seven new mills are building in two counties--three in Josehphine and four in Jackson.
Fruit Crop is Fine.
"Our fruit crop was never so good as it is now. Grains and grasses are doing splendidly. The people in town and in the country are making substantial improvements--new houses are being built in all directions, and they are of a much higher class than ever before, and we don't relish getting the black eye from this earthquake report when there is no foundation for it. Now if our people were trying to deny a story that had even a grain of truth in it it would be different, but to talk about an earthquake shock that in an entire section of a great state didn't so much as do a nickel's worth of damage, all on account of an excitable person sending a telephone message, is a little bit hard..." |
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| 7112 |
Land of trees: Scannings from Quinault country, the Grays Harbor region, and beyond, 1774-1997
by Larry J Workman, Quinault Indian Nation
ISBN: 0940359014 |
1997 |
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Transcription: EARTHQUAKE EVENTS LISTED IN Workman, Land of Trees (1997)
SOURCE: Workman, Larry J. Land of Trees: Scannings From Quinault Country, the Grays Harbor Region, and Beyond 1774-1997 (Taholah, WA: The Quinault Indian Nation, 1997)
Newspapers that were used for most of the entries include Daily World (Aberdeen), Montesano Vidette, Weekly Puget Sound Courier (Olympia), Olympic [sic?] Transcript (Olympia), Washington Standard (Olympia), North Coast News (Ocean Shores)
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November 23, 1827 “Slight shock of earthquake felt at Fort Langley”
October 1842 “St. Helens enters a violent eruptive phase that will continue intermittently for fifteen years.”
November 23, 1842 “Ash from St. Helens falls to ½ inch deep at the Dalles.”
February 16, 1843 “Peter H. Burnett (later governor of California) reports, ‘The mountain (St. Helens) burning magnificently.’”
1854 “George Davidson, a scientist, reports ‘vast rolling masses of dense smoke,’ on Mt. Baker.”
December 14, 1872 “Strong earthquake felt on Puget Sound.” p 35
October 19, 1873 “Clouds of smoke pour from the highest peak of Mount Rainier. (Last for nearly a week).” p 35
March 27, 1884 “Quite an earthquake shock in Hoquiam was noticed about 10:00 p.m. lasting 3 seconds; no damage.” p 38
October 9, 1885 “Earthquake in Olympia.” p 40
September 3, 1886 “Greatest earthquake to hit the United States centers on Charleston, South Carolina.” p 41
April 22, 1887 “An earthquake shock, heavy enough in places to shake dishes from shelves, was felt in several towns in this Territory.” (Note: Index refers to this as an earthquake at Grays Harbor) p 42
May 7, 1887 “Something like a tidal-wave struck the Quinaielt agency at midnight. Some of the Indian houses were waist deep in water, the inmates yelling in terror as they were submerged during sleep on their low sleeping places. The water receded as rapidly as it came, carrying everything portable in its exit.” p 43
November 30, 1891 “Earthquake shock slight on [Grays? gwl] Harbor, but heaviest ever experienced in some Sound cities.” p 49
April 18, 1906 “Bay City (San Francisco) ravage by earthquake at 5:10 a.m. and the fires that followed (the rebuilding of the city greatly stimulated logging on Grays Harbor).” p 66
January 11, 1909 “Grays Harbor Earthquake, 4:03 p.m.” p 68
April 16, 1910 “Halley’s Comet visible to the naked eye.” p 70
October 11, 1911 “Earthquake in Southern California kills 700.” p 71
September 5, 1914 “Earthquake in Olympia felt over 1,000 sq. miles.” p 74
January 13, 1915 “50,000 die in Italian earthquake.” p 74
April 22, 1915 “Tacoma rocked by an earthquake.” p 74
December 24, 1920 “A small tidal wave sweeps beaches, washes 12 Sunset Beach cottages from their foundations.” p 79
September 3, 1923 “Japanese earthquake kills 90,000.” p 82
December 4, 1926 “Quake shakes Northwest.” p 85
July 16, 1928 “Giant meteor lights up night sky and [Grays? gwl] Harborites hear rumble.” p 87
March 12, 1929 “Brilliant light flashes in the sky.” p 87 (Note: Index references this as Meteor - Harbor)
May 4, 1929 “Report of vast earth upheaval on the Queets near M. M. Kelly Ranch.” p 88
December 31, 1931 “Tremor shakes up Puget Sound and Hood Canal.” p 91 |
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